pollution
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PublishedDecember 31, 2023
Sorta, kinda gardening resolutions for the new year
Don't sweat the small stuff, columnist Tom Atwell vows to himself, but do play a part in fixing the big, ominous environmental picture.
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PublishedNovember 19, 2023
$1.6 million on the line for Wiscasset in dispute over nuclear waste facility
A state statute rewards companies for limiting pollution at the cost of the towns where they’re located. For Wiscasset, the price tag could be in the millions.
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PublishedJune 11, 2023
The Recycle Bin: Tidal wave of ocean plastic
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PublishedJune 7, 2023
Brunswick officials float Maquoit Bay pollution study
The Town Council established a task force to organize a water-quality study of Maquoit Bay.
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PublishedFebruary 12, 2023
Maine Voices: Mainers being wrongly blinded by the light
Let there be ... darkness.
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PublishedJanuary 11, 2023
U.S. agency examines secret pollution source in 40 million homes: Gas stoves
According to one study, children living in a household with gas stoves have a 42% increased likelihood of already having asthma and a 24% increased risk of developing asthma at some point in their lifetime.
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PublishedSeptember 28, 2022
Record greenhouse gas leak flows from damaged Baltic Sea pipelines
A Danish official says the Nord Stream gas leaks in the Baltic Sea could emit the equivalent of one-third of Denmark’s total annual greenhouse gas emissions.
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PublishedMay 5, 2022
Mainers warned not to eat PFAS-contaminated freshwater fish
The advisories are based on new Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention consumption advice for different levels of PFAS, so-called 'forever chemicals.'
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PublishedMarch 13, 2022
Potholes, road salt and climate change: Warmer Maine winters raise new concerns
Rising average temperatures are expected to create more safety hazards for motorists and more pollution for Maine.
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PublishedFebruary 22, 2022
New Hampshire reaches $25 million deal with Monsanto over PCBs
The state says nearly 50 years of contamination polluted over 100 waterways requiring numerous fish advisories.
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